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Letters Patent No. 74,786,6Zated February 25, 1868.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CNCERN:

Be it known that I, EMELINE T. ANNIS, of hiount Morris, in the county of Livingston, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Combined Pillow .and Supporter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art lto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction and adjustment of pillows, whereby they are rendered much more useful and convenient than the ordinary pillow, especially for invalide; and it consists in forming the pillow on a plate or flatsurface of metal or wood or some other shitable material, and attaching thereto ajointed bracket and supporting-rod, so arranged that the pillow may be adjusted to suit the wants of the invalid or other person occupying'it by turning a thumb-nut, as will'be hereinafter more fully described,

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a pillow formed and supported according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a view of the back side, showing the plate on which the pillow is formed, the shape ofthe bracket, and the manner of its attachment to the plate. i

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A is the pillow, (or soft side,) which is attached to the plate, and stuiied or upholstered, as may be desired. B is the'back plate, to which-the adjusting-bracket and rod are attached. C is the bracket, which is formed of a rod bent in the shape seen in iig. 2, the legs-ot' which'are hinged near the bottom of the plate, as seen at d in the drawing. Eis the supporting-rod, which is hinged t-o the end of the bracket, as seen atf. This rod E has a. screw-thread cut upon it, nearly' its whole length, as indicated in the drawing. .y is a thumb-nut, which works on the screw. L' is an eye-plate attached to the back plate of the pillow, through which the rod E passes, which plate rests on the nut, as seen in iig. 1. There being a joint utf, and the bracket being jointed to the back plate, as indicated at d d, it will be seen that byV raising or lowering the nut g, the pillow may be secured in almost any position. Y Y

The advantages of this arrangement for the sick-room will at once be obvious. The patient may vary his owuposition if he has strength to turn the nut, and for those who are too helpless to do so, the desired alteration or adjustment`can be made by the nurse without the leastjar or any perceptiblemotion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The pillowA, formed on tbe` plate B, the bracket C, the rod E, and the nut g, arranged, combined, and operating substantially as shown 'and described, for the purposes set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this thirteth day of December, 1867.

MRS. EMELINE T. ANNIS.

Witnesses:

Moses CAMP, MeNaIL SEYMOUR. 

